The Kremlin said Monday that the US -Russia relations were on the verge of collapse and declined to confirm whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to President Donald Trump on Sunday, despite Trump.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ribikov told a media conference on Monday that relations with Washington were “balanced on the brink of break -up” and reiterated that the war in Ukraine would continue until Kiev said Eliminated the ambitions of joining NATO and withdrew from all four regions. Russian forces
In remarks that Moscow suggest to maintain its tough negotiation stance, Rabikov said, “We just need to get … to understand and recognize the new US administration in Ukraine. It is not possible to reach an agreement without resolving the main reasons for the crisis.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the same day that he would not “confirm or deny Trump’s comments about Trump’s reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, saying that he and Putin had with the Russian leader from 2022. Previously spoke in a formally recognized contact.
Referring to his contact with the Russian leader, Trump told reporters, “Let’s just say that I have done this … and I expect it to be even more conversation. We have to end this war. Will be
“I hate seeing all these young people being killed. “Hundreds of thousands are being killed, but they refused to provide more details about how many times they the two spoke,” I would not say good. “
Trump and Spokesman’s remarks for the Kremlin have come to a turning point in the war in Ukraine, looking forward to details of Trump’s peace plan with Kiev and his European neighbors that Russia with its full scale attack three years ago Was started.
Between winning the presidential election in November and the inauguration last month, Trump said he had planned to end the war in a single day while he was in office.
Referring to Trump’s remarks on Sunday, a senior fellow of Russia and the Eurasia program at the London Think Tank Chatam House, Kerr Galce, said, “It would be a lure plan to care for a careful plan not to release the information quickly. There was a part.
“Or can it be the only thing that can be the case with Trump’s immediate promise to end the conflict, which is not really a plan yet,” he told NBC News.
Gayles added that the situation may be further explanated this weekend, due to a high profile participation with Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelinsky Munich Security ConferenceWhich is also attended by senior US officials.
Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Walts, told NBC News on Sunday that the US official “would be talking about the details of the method of ending the war and means that It will be that both sides will get on the table. “
He added that Moscow will “prepare for taxation, tariff, approval,” he added, while also providing support to Ukraine so that European allies support Ukraine in support of Ukraine. Forced to increase.
Ribikov’s comments came today when Zilnsky told British Broadcaster ITV last week that he was ready to talk to Russia until “I understood that America and Europe would not give up us And they will help us and provide security guarantees. “
The Ukrainian leader also told Reuters on Sunday that he met Trump before any talks with Putin, “Otherwise, it would look like Ukraine without Ukraine.”
Ukrainian officials said Monday that a Russian drone strike on Kiev late Sunday injured a woman and damaged several houses in the northeastern city of Sami.
